Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 190 The Blood and Sands of the Qing Dynasty
The landing of the genuine Manchu Eight Banners utterly crushed the morale of the Japanese. Although the number of warhorses transported by sea was limited, these fully armored cavalrymen were still like legendary demons to the Japanese, who were already at a critical point in their war of attrition with the Eight Banners Korea.

Besides, they really can't beat them.

How could those warriors, who averaged less than 1.5 meters tall and many even reached 1.3 meters, possibly fight against these Manchu bannermen?
Although the latter are now down on their luck, they used to eat meat.

Let alone fighting, even dismounting and charging with their weight would be enough to make the Japanese samurai's warhorses tremble.

The battle of Hakata ended in a complete rout of the Japanese army, followed by a steady stream of Qing troops waiting at sea to land.

When the Japanese reorganized their counterattack and attempted to retake Hakata, they faced the well-formed Eight Banners army. The Eight Banners, armed with cannons, flintlock muskets and matchlock muskets supplied by the British, and a vast number of small cannons weighing dozens of kilograms each—a force that left the Japanese in despair—were overwhelming with firepower. Then, Uya Fobiao led three hundred cavalrymen in a relentless pursuit and trampling. Like his newborn son, he began his bloodthirsty conquest of Japan, a conquest capable of silencing even a child's tears…

His son's name is Zhao Hui.

The Eight Banners then became unstoppable on Kyushu Island.

As for the Japanese castles, they were meaningless in the face of the cannons of the British, especially since the Fourth Prince had a large number of mortars, and the British had also provided him with some mortars.

This landing operation brought huge profits to the British, not only from the looted goods in and around Hakata, but also from the large number of Japanese slaves. Japanese slaves were actually very popular in Southeast Asia, and it can even be said that they had a long history. The Portuguese had already used them extensively back then. During the Ming Dynasty, because the Portuguese were prohibited from keeping Japanese slaves in Macau, they even sent officials with troops to hang a group of them, and finally drove the Japanese slaves out of Macau.

However, while Macau was gone, the Portuguese continued to use it extensively in their Southeast Asian colonies. When Malacca was captured, hundreds of Japanese soldiers fought alongside the Portuguese.

And the British...

They certainly like it too.

Having already been involved in the slave trade in Africa, they were naturally eager to explore new sources of slaves in Asia.

Of course, they actually traded slaves everywhere; black slaves were just representative. They also traded Japanese slaves in the past, and even colluded with pirates to capture fishermen from the southeastern coast and sell them as slaves.

Indian slaves also existed; it was always fashionable for British gentlemen returning from colonies to bring along a few Indian slaves.

However, what the British truly desired were Japanese women. Male slaves were for labor, but with India as a vast resource, they had no shortage of men, and they were even cheaper than slaves. After all, the death of a slave meant the loss of private wealth; Indians could simply be replaced, as Churchill famously said they reproduced like rabbits. What they lacked were women to serve these men, as the entertainment industry was equally lucrative, and Japanese women were always in high demand. Thus, the Fourth Prince found a stable source of income. Japan had plenty of women, his subordinates had no shortage of women, and Korea also had plenty.

Since the British need it, we can just capture them and sell them to the British.

Furthermore, the slave trade was also a traditional craft of our Great Qing Dynasty. When we entered the pass and looted, we captured ordinary people and took them back as slaves.

This established a stable economic model.

The Qing army was responsible for expanding into Japan, killing men and capturing women along the way. They then sold the women to the British in exchange for weapons and ammunition, which in turn expanded their military strength. They continued to kill men and capture women as they advanced. At the same time, they sent large numbers of immigrants from Korea to Japan, using these immigrants as their base of operations, since they also needed to farm. The Qing army then controlled some Japanese slaves to work, ultimately establishing a stable rule.

North Koreans also like it.

After all, North Korea was extremely poor at that time, and its population was somewhat excessive, so it was a good opportunity to dilute the population of Japan.

The British gained a stable trading base, and smugglers from the southeast coast could transport the goods they needed to Kyushu Island, from where they would be shipped to India.

Of course, this also includes Japanese slaves.

This is how my Great Qing Dynasty survived.

Japan...

They too can sing praises of a prosperous era.

Just as the Eastern Qing Dynasty landed in Japan and began to integrate with the country, the Western Qing Emperor was forced to continue his westward migration.

Because the heavenly army began its westward advance.

Yinzhi didn't even choose to truly resist. Liangzhou was never his intended capital, and he knew very well that he couldn't hold it. So, as soon as the Heavenly Army crossed the Yellow River, he simply continued his westward march in disguise, even managing to trick Lhazang Khan into launching a surprise attack on the Heavenly Army as a diversion. Even the Mongol princes in the Ordos region were caught off guard by the Emperor's swift retreat. Having previously been engaged in looting and pillaging alongside the Qing army, their instinct was to ambush the Heavenly Army and resist its westward advance.

The attack by these fools greatly slowed down the westward advance of the Heavenly Army, allowing Yinzhi to withdraw from Liangzhou at his leisure and head west along the Hexi Corridor until he exited Jiayuguan and entered Xingxingxia.

The heavenly soldiers who took over Liangzhou behind them did not rush to pursue them. Instead, they took over their previous work and continued to clean up the remaining debris in various places. It is estimated that after cleaning up again, it will be completely clean.

Hami.

The two armies confront each other.

"In the end, a war is inevitable!"

Nian Gengyao, serving as Yinzhi's vanguard, looked at the Dzungar cavalry arrayed in front of him.

However, it was not Tsewang Arabtan who led the attack, but his top general, Tsering Dondrup. He led 6,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack on Hami, attempting to block Yinzhi's advance. However, the attack failed. The Qing army had already strengthened the defense of Hami, and he did not expect Yinzhi to run away so easily.

In order to mislead the various Mongol tribes, Yinzhi kept saying that he would hold Liangzhou and make it the capital of the Qing Dynasty in order to recover the Central Plains.

In this way, the various Mongol tribes could fully support him, since he was stationed in Liangzhou, which meant that both the plateau and the Hetao region were under his protection.

But he ran away without even fighting.

As a result, not only did Lhazang Khan and the various tribes of the Ordos Mongols fail to react, but Tsewang Arabtan also failed to react.

Upon learning of his sudden westward departure, the fastest possible reaction was to order Tsering Dondub to launch a preemptive strike on Hami, given that the Dzungar nomads were scattered and scattered. They needed to be assembled in advance, and Tsewang Arabtan wasn't without his own concerns. He had been at war with Tsarist Russia in the north for many years, or rather, for generations, starting with Ge Erdan's father. The Dzungar tribe had been fighting Tsarist Russia, and their record was far superior to that of Ma Ge, having even annihilated thousands of Tsarist Russians in a single campaign.

Trade is trade, and war is war. Although they grew stronger through trade with Russia, they were very determined to prevent Russia from advancing south.

However, Tsarist Russia relentlessly marched south, and the nomadic tribes could not hold their positions. So, after the castles they built were breached, Tsarist Russia quickly rebuilt them. Once the Dzungar Khanate suffered a defeat, they established a stable foothold and could continue to advance.

It just keeps rubbing against it.

Once successful, it takes root.

Besides Tsarist Russia, there was also Kazakhstan. Although Kazakhstan had been reduced to the Three Juzes, it was not that they were wiped out.

Given the chance, they will still try to turn things around.

Therefore, Cewang Alabtan did not dare to fight Yinzhi with all his might.

With a sigh, Nian Gengyao drew his sword, then stepped out of formation and walked past the arrayed Qing cavalry.

"Ahead lies the Tianshan Mountains. Many of you have been there. It's an endless pasture, countless fertile fields, and even cities. We've lost the Central Plains, and we can't go back. You all know that. We don't have the ability to fight our way back. But we can't be forced to our deaths. There's still a way out. The cities, pastures, and farmlands in southern Xinjiang are enough for us to live comfortably. Fighting our way through means survival."

If you can't break through, you die.

Your families are right behind us. We don't even have enough food to last two months. Today we have no way out. It's either death or a fight to the death.

kill! "

He raised his knife and roared.

"kill!"

"kill!"

……

The soldiers all roared.

Ultimately, they all knew that they could not defeat the heavenly soldiers, but if they couldn't defeat the heavenly soldiers, could they not defeat others?

Now, their family, clan, and even all their clansmen were behind them, pursued by heavenly soldiers. They carried only a small amount of food, with desert on one side and towering Tianshan Mountains on the other. They had no choice but to move forward. If they fought their way through, they would live; if they failed, they would die, and their entire clan would perish.

Amidst the roars of slaughter, Nian Gengyao led the Qing army forward in formation.

As for tactics...

There were no tactics involved.

This is a place where the brave prevail when paths cross.

The Dzungar Khanate's tactics were essentially an upgraded version of nomadic warfare. As for camel-drawn fortresses, those were just Ge Erdan's ideas, and they'd long been proven ineffective. The Dzungars were now using nomadic tactics, but with the addition of firearms. Leveraging the advantage of their nomadic cavalry, they launched multi-pronged attacks, first with muskets, then bows and arrows, then hand-to-hand combat, using continuous harassment to cut off the enemy's logistics, and then converging on a pincer attack. Using this tactic, they later inflicted heavy losses on the Eight Banners at Hoton Lake. But the problem was that was Hoton Lake, while this was Hami. There, they had ample space to maneuver, rivers, pastures, and valleys to graze their horses and ensure food for their warhorses. But how could they maneuver here? Should they venture into the southern desert or into the northern Tian Shan Mountains?
They don't even have water to drink here if they leave Hami.

So the Dzungar cavalry on the other side also charged straight forward. The two opposing cavalry forces even used the same tactics. They raised their muskets on their horses and opened fire as the distance closed. Amidst the dense gunfire, men from both sides fell off their horses one after another. When they ran out of gunfire and didn't have time to reload, they simply switched to bows and arrows and fired arrows at each other during the charge.

After shooting, switch to a long spear.

And then they collided together in a chaotic mess.

Amidst the neighing of countless warhorses, spears pierced each other's bodies, and one after another, valiant cavalrymen fell from their horses, their bodies trampled by hooves.

A bloody close-quarters battle begins.

"kill!"

Nian Gengyao, who personally charged into battle, raised his sword and slashed at his opponent.

The Dzungar cavalry charged straight at him with their spears, but Nian Gengyao suddenly stopped, then drew his flintlock pistol with his left hand and fired a shot directly at the cavalryman.

The latter, startled, fell backward.

At the same moment, the two passed each other, and Nian Gengyao snatched his spear and thrust it straight at another Dzungar cavalryman. The latter immediately blocked it, but was shot in the head by an arrow from his personal guard the next moment.

Therefore, General Nian's battle was symbolic. General Nian was not famous for charging into battle; people of his status all had personal guards.

But his banner was the core of the entire battlefield.

Those Eight Banner soldiers fighting desperately understood, upon seeing his banner, that their commander was fighting alongside them.

On the chaotic cavalry battlefield, yellow sand filled the air, and smoke billowed, severely obstructing visibility. But General Nian's banner was the most conspicuous guide. Seeing this banner, the Qing soldiers abandoned their last reservations, fighting with a frenzied urge to carve a path to survival. Amidst the whistling of arrows, the snapping of spears, and the mournful cries of warhorses, corpses fell continuously, staining the yellow sand red under the trampling hooves. Limbs were broken in the clash of swords and axes, and brains splattered from the furious blows of whips and maces.

At this moment, the Eight Banners soldiers finally regained the fierceness of their ancestors. After losing almost everything, they regained what they once had.

At the same time, another group of Qing troops arrived, and then another...

The 100,000 Qing troops who entered the Western Regions were forming a long line stretching for hundreds of miles behind them, with their families arriving one after another. They were also continuously joining the battle. When Da Tsering Dundub, who was in the midst of the melee, came to his senses, he had already lost his chance to escape, because the two Qing armies led by Fu'erdan and Xizhu had bypassed the battlefield and surrounded his retreat route.

sunset.

The captured Tsering Dondub and more than 3,000 Dzungar soldiers have been brought before His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

"I received the Buddha's decree that demons roam the world because the Buddha's light cannot shine universally, giving rise to demons in filthy lands. Therefore, I am making this western tour to the Tianshan Mountains, intending to fill the Tianshan Mountains with temples and let the Buddha's light shine on the grasslands. You all worship Buddha, so why are you obstructing me? The Dzungar Khanate is also a subject of the Great Qing, and its pastoral areas were designated by the late Emperor. Even if I enter the Western Regions, how dare I disobey the late Emperor's decree? I intend to go to the southern border, not the northern border. I have already bestowed many titles upon you before, showing you the utmost favor. Why are you obstructing the royal army today?"

Yinzhi adopted the demeanor of a wise and benevolent ruler and asked Lingdunduobu for his grand strategy.

"Your Majesty really doesn't want to encroach on our pastures?"

said the latter.

"I hereby swear to Buddha that I and my entourage of soldiers and civilians will not set foot in Yili. If we break this oath, may we be condemned to eternal damnation."

If you still don't believe me, then I will invite a master to come and testify.

Yinsi said.

“That was erected by Lhazang Khan, we don’t recognize it.”

Da Tsering Dondrup said without hesitation.

Yinzhi smiled.

"Which master do you want to come and bear witness? I can decide. Whoever you want to come, I will welcome."

He said.

Lhazang Khan is no longer of any use to him; it's time to discard him after he's served his purpose.

As he spoke, he bent down and untied the ropes from Da Tsering Dondrup, even helping him up with both hands. Da Tsering Dondrup looked at him somewhat blankly...

(End of this chapter)